Dr. Michael Ma

Dr. Ma has been a medical clinical practice since 1982. He
currently operates Acutherapy & Herbal Clinic with Dr. Jenny Zhang in Vancouver, where he helps couples achieve their dreams through offering safe, effective treatment for infertility. Dr. Ma strives to ensure that every patient experiences the most positive, rewarding results possible.

Dr. Ma earned his MD from the reputable Sun Yat-sen University of China, and practiced both Western and Chinese Medicine after graduation. He got an MSc in Molecular Biology in infectious diseases from University of London in 1994. He has a board knowledge and rich clinical experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as Western Medicine.

Dr. Ma could help other couples, he can help you as well.

Jenny Zhang

Jenny Zhang offers over 30 years experience in the Western and Eastern Healthcare. She treats the whole person with acupuncture to stimulate the body's innate healing capacities. Management of lifestyle, diet, exercise and stress are addressed with each patient.

Jenny Zhang graduated as a MD from China in 1982 , and she was one of the first batch of 68 Registered Acupuncturists in BC. She has been a registrant in good standing of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of BC (CTCMA) since 1999. She is a member of American Pregnancy Association in US.

Jenny Zhang believes that her treatment plays energy interchangeable roles among the patient, the Universe and herself.

Both of them have Western Medical background as well as Eastern Medicine. They are aware of any testing the clients may have had. Therefore, they are able to interpret the lab-testing and understand the hormonal lab values that are pertinent to each case. The rich experience and well-education will make them aware of important factors that could be crucial to the client's success in conceiving. They are also well-versed in the protocols ant treatments used by Western reproductive specialists. During the IVF/IUI procedures, they are familiar with assisting reproductive techniques, the actions, and potential side effects. They always provide the client with greater support as she goes through the intense and often stressful processes of IVF/IUI, and hormonal suppression or stimulation.

Besides their knowledge, experience and skills, they are a kind of genuinely concerned, compassionate, and deeply empathetic people. They make every effort to build the trust between client and them during the journey the client takes. All the factors as above make their their practice successful.

To our clients

Alternative medicine is more and more acceptable in the Western World, however, in the field of Acupuncture and TCM, there is no restricted discipline controlling the practitioners' ethics. Most of them are well trained, but some of them are not. Every practitioner is free to put any word she/he wants on the ads, so the ads in public media are multicolored. Some of the ads are trustworthy, while a few of them are exaggerated. There are such things like specialist, professor, master, director, best in town, #1 in the city etc., which are hardly proven. Actually, any practitioner can say himself/herself best or number one in town without authorization. Therefore, it is really difficult for the client to distinguish between the right practitioner and quack from the ads. As practitioner & professional, we give some tips to the clients as following:

Your logical judgment is important, do not trust completely what the ads say.
What health conditions is this tradition most and least helpful for?

Check credentials. Find out where the practitioners were trained, whether they
graduated, and what kind of work they have been doing since.

Treatment result you get is more important, no matter what you are told, like "cure incurable diseases, guarantee, terrific testimonials and so on". When you pay higher price for the treatment, it doesn't mean that you would always get better quality care, and vice versa.

Asking advice of other professionals if your condition/feeling is still the
same or worse after treatments.

Be more careful when coming across "high percentage success rate" in the ads,
or " a big amount of money deposit for curing serious condition before treatments". Later you might be told after treatments, "you are only one exceptional case unfortunately".

Most importantly, remember you don't need to settle for the first practitioner
you meet. You can change your mind anytime, and go for another health professional. Getting a second opinion should be considered.

The efficacy of acupuncture treatment tremendously differs from one practitioner to another. This is the eccence of TCM/acupuncture, not like Western Medicine(Same diagnosis is treated with the standard procedure by whoever qualified).

Please remember that the better recommendation is "word-of-mouth".

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